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Grease Filter Exchange in The Platt
Professional grease filter exchange in and around The Platt, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Filter washing that keeps being missed
- Filters that come out of the sink still dirty
- Drips falling from the filters onto equipment
Grease filter exchange in The Platt
Cleaning filters by hand takes staff time and is easy to put off. With a filter exchange, we bring a clean set and take the dirty one away and the canopy is refilled right away. The work covers baffle filters, school and hospital kitchens and wall canopies, and the jobs we see most are filters that leave gaps in the canopy and a greasy plenum behind the filters.
For a kitchen in or near The Platt, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- The Platt (TN3)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in The Platt
For any kitchen in The Platt, filters cannot stand in for a full TR19 clean. But clean filters do help the system between cleans and the canopy and plenum stay cleaner. It’s simpler to plan the work at The Platt now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Why choose Duct Doctor in The Platt
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Fully insured
Take a look at what affects the cost or how to check a contractor.
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Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Watch for grease drips between visits
- Do not refit a filter that is bent
- Make sure we can reach the canopy on exchange day
- Let us know if your cooking hours increase
If the plenum behind the filters looks greasy, we say so. That might mean bringing a TR19® clean forward, and we can arrange it.
Saturated filters let more grease through. Getting onto a regular exchange now keeps grease out of the plenum and ductwork until the next TR19 clean.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
The process
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Visits to a village like The Platt are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- We set the interval with you.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- A clean set is fitted and checked for gaps.
- The dirty filters leave with us and the next visit is booked.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
Questions from The Platt
Can you come to The Platt after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in The Platt doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in The Platt?
That is Wealden council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in The Platt. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What if some of our filters are damaged?
A bent filter leaves a gap for grease. We point them out on the visit and explain what’s needed.
What does grease filter exchange cost?
Filters, canopies and how often you need visits all affect the price. Tell us what you have and we’ll come back with a fixed quote, typically within one working day.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Is filter exchange enough instead of a full extract clean?
No. Some grease passes the filters as vapour and settles in the ducts and the whole system still needs its TR19 clean.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Do you handle baffle and mesh filters?
We work with both baffle and mesh filters. The first step is recording what you have and set up the service around them.
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change will not reach
- Smell complaints that need odour control equipment
- Extraction problems caused by the fan rather than the filters
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- School and hospital kitchens
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
Grease, kitchens and The Platt
It’s Wealden council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in The Platt. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The Platt, about 33 miles from central London, is within our usual area. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Wadhurst Castle is about 3 miles south-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Parish Church of St Alban or elsewhere in The Platt, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
The Platt is about 4 miles south of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in The Platt, grease filter exchange is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. The Platt is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. Maidstone is in our area too, about 17 miles from The Platt.
All of TN3 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside The Platt, we cover Frant (1 mile north), Mark Cross (2 miles south), Eridge Green (2 miles north-west), Town Row (3 miles south-west) and Tidebrook (3 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Sevenoaks (14 miles north), Royal Tunbridge Wells (4 miles north), Tonbridge (8 miles north), Kings Hill (14 miles north-east), Paddock Wood (8 miles north-east) and Southborough (5 miles north).
Landmarks near The Platt
Around The Platt, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The George Public House and Eridge Park, among other places. The closest station to The Platt is Frant station, about 1.7 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital (3.4 miles north) and The Corn Exchange (2.9 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Broadwater Warren RSPB Reserve.
What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
When to call us in The Platt
What a kitchen cooks affects how fast filters clog. Frying, grilling and chargrilling produce far more grease than steaming or baking, so the right exchange interval varies.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Bent or damaged filters that do not sit properly
- Blocked baffle filters
- Gaps where filters have been removed
For schools such as Frant Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Comparing quotes
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the quote shows VAT